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​Please use the Contact Form or email lanecovechaplain@gmail.com if interested in attending any of these activities so you can be advised of specific details. During this time of physical distancing, we aim to keep people socially connected. Some of our groups will go online via Zoom which is able to be accessed from your computer, mobile or fixed landline. Contact Karen for help enabling this technology.​

**NEW** Walk and Talk**In groups of 10 or less**​Extend your fitness, community and spirituality. These reflective walks of increasing length build towards Australian pilgrimage experiences. Next walk (5/4/20) is Spit to Manly followed by optional dinner at Manly.

Walk and Wonder**In groups of 10 or less**Featuring local Lane Cove bush walks of approximately 1.5 hours, easy to moderate grade.​ We walk on the third Sunday afternoon of the month.Our groups are intergenerational and multicultural. Many of our walkers are 50+ but we also have younger adults and families join us and find the children engage very well. We enjoy discussion over shared snacks mid-way. The only cost is contributing a snack to the common 'table'.

Book Club - Dark Emu**Now Online**We will begin Bruce Pascoe's controversial book,'Dark Emu' in March. Come and discuss this 'new revelation' about Australia's original inhabitants over a supper of cheese, wine and snacks. This popular group is open to new members as we discuss section by section in depth. Everyone is welcome and all people and their views are respected.Each second Thursday of the month at 7pm. Donation towards supper is appreciated.​Contact us for more details.

​Explore​**Now Online**​Small groups who share over dinner or a coffee helping each other explore our spirituality and what it takes to be a Christian today. An open, confidential, non-judgemental environment in which to share what is relevant to our lives.​​ A place where deeper relationships are formed. 'It feels like family'.One group is currently utilising 'The New Testament You Never Knew' resource by N.T Wright and Michael F. Bird.Contact us to find out more.

Coffee or Dinner anyone?**Suspended for now**Some low key gatherings where you can just turn up and enjoy the company of others over food and beverages.Coffee groups:

Meditation in the Chapel **Now Online**Thursdays at 11.30 am, Lane Cove Uniting Church chapel, corner Figtree St and Centennial Ave, Lane Cove. Learn to live from the centre of your being in every situation by the practice of silence and stillness. Utilising ﻿Australian Christian Meditation Community resources plus some of our own.﻿It's free and flexible. The practice is a simple one, so come and join us any time and you will receive immediate instruction. There are no 'experts' - come and learn with us.​

​Reflective Activities and moreRetreats: We have enjoyed some wonderful retreats including reflective bush walking, exploring ancient spiritual practices, creative pursuits, and great food! We have hosted two One Day Retreats in the Blue Mountains last year with more to come in 2020.If you are interested,contact us to learn more. You don't need to be Christian, just respectful of others' beliefs, open to meeting some new people and having a good time!

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